Mail for Soldiers in France Will Be Forwarded
Washington July 24 Secretary McAdoo asked the senate finance committee for 5 billion dollars more to fund mobilization training and transport of a larger army. He urged delaying the revenue bill until estimates are ready, while lawmakers weighed how to raise the funds, likely by taxes or bonds, as war needs rise and debates intensify. Meanwhile postal officials announced mail for U.S. troops in France will be forwarded from Bordeaux with specific handling and prepayment rules.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
McAdoo
Senate Fire Committee
Simmons
Senate
Capitol
War Department
Senate Finance Conmittee
Finance Committee
Smoot
Utah
Great Britain
Sutoot
Senate Finance Committee
Shipping Board
Navy Department
Aarshimg Ps
Austin American
United States Army
France
United States
Bordeaux
United States Expeditionary Forces
Europe
United States Expeditionary
New York
John Smith
Blank Street
New York City
John Smith JR
Co. X
American Expeditionary Forces
John Keeler Dies At Menard
John Keeler, a former player at the bank team, died at Menard. The report notes his years with the club and association with Rodd and Roddie, mentioning his era and local ties.
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John Keeler
Menard
Tional Bank
H. Oe Menard
Wilson probes food bill war committee clash
Washington July 25 The House sent the food control bill to conference with a plan for a war expenditure committee likely to deadlock the panel Four Republican and Democratic conferees from each chamber will dispute control The outcome risks the bill’s fate as some members oppose the war body Meanwhile Mexico’s Carranza government teeters as investor loan plans collapse and Cabrera fails to marshal funding from American financiers.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Wilson
Senate
War Committee
Senate Democrats
House Democrats
McLaughlin
Michigan
Conference
S A
Carranza
Mexico
Luis Cabrera
State Department
Manuel Paleaz
Vera Cruz
Fletcher
Cabrera
New York
Wall Street
Jay
First Year War Cost Seen At Seventeen Billion
Washington July 25 Senator Smoot of Utah announced the first year of the war would cost 17 billion dollars. He revised earlier estimates upward citing a probable 2 billion loan to allies and extra sums for the Shipping Board and general deficiencies. Congress debates funding and sources as McAdoo prepares week end estimates.
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Washington, D. C
Smoot
Utah
McAdoo
Shipping Board
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Kenyon
Iowa
Sherman
Ilinois
Senate
Hill
Connecticut
S. A. Express
Pope Seeks Reopening of South Texas Normal College Site
Corpus Christi July 24 W E Pope representative from this city says he will flee to Austin for the session due to a locating dispute over the South Texas Normal college He asserts the location will be reopened and vows to push for a full investigation into why the locating committee disregarded the bill’s provisions The locating committee had placed the college in Kingsville with the governor the state superintendent and normal board of regents on the panel
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Corpus Christi
Texas
W. E. Pope
Troy
Austin
Fuller
South Texas Normal College
West Texas A. & M. College J
South Texas Normal
Pope
South Texas
Normal Board of Regents
Normal
Kingsville
Injunction to Stop Abilene College Building
Ballinger Texas July 25 an injunction will be served on the A M Board of Regents to restrain them from prosecuting work on the new West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College at Abilene Thomas F Hodge secretary of the college association says he visited Judge John J Guion president of the board and secured the list of members including the board names
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Ballinger
Tex
Thomas F. Hodge
Sweetwater
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Association
A. & M. Board of Regents
Abilene
Hodge
John J. Guion
Tolday
Allies May Withdraw Saloniki Expedition
Paris reports that the Allies may withdraw the Saloniki expedition as a major topic at the upcoming entente conference. The meeting will discuss Balkan political and military situations as the United States contemplates participation in the move.
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Saloniki
Paris
Balkans
United States
Philieathal Sims
Europe
Officer Killed at Fort Bliss in Target Practice Incident
Second Lieut. Lopp FP Patten was instantly killed at Fort Bliss during machine gun practice when a recruit operator opened fire on targets where he recorded target work. An investigation by military boards considers the shooting accidental. Patten, from Fletcher, had 28 years service and recent commission from the ranks, serving through Cuban, Philippine and Boxer conflicts and with General Pershing in Mexico.
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el Paso
Texas
Lopp
Patten
Fort Bliss
Fletcher, WN. G
General Pershing
Mexico
Cardus touted as cure for woman’s misery in 3 bottles
A Mrs. Kilman of Rouse City Texas credits Cardus for curing long lasting side pain after childbirth. She says three bottles relieved agony, restored strength, and she remains well. The ad asks readers with headaches back pain or monthly discomfort to try Cardus, the woman’s tonic.
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Cardus
Rouse City
Tex
Mary Kilman
State Ad Valorem Tax Rate Reaches Maximum
The state government approved the highest rate permitted by the Constitution. The ad valorem rate is set at thirty five cents, school tax at twenty cents, and Confederate pensions at five cents. Last year’s total rate was forty five cents, and this year the ad valorem rate rises fifteen cents. The decision was made at a meeting of the State Automatic Tax Board comprising Governor Ferguson, Treasurer J M Edwards, and Comptroller Henry B Terrell.
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State Automatic Tax Board
Ferguson
J. M. Edwards
J Henry B. Terrell
Young Enlistee From New York Participates in Funeral Exercises
A 19 year old enlistee from New York took part in funeral exercises. The brief notice records his presence and age, noting his wartime service status and local connections without detailing the regiment or battle.
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New York
Ranch Wanted for Buyer and Trade Offer
SF 4 first letter. Dr A A Luther of San Antonio Texas offers purchase of ranch with cash and notes for balance, plus a party seeks to trade income property for ranch. Contact Lock Box 963.
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A. A. Luther
San Antonio
Texas
Fleeing Russians Fire Tarnopol in Galicia Advance
London reports southern armies of Prince Leopold of Bavaria sweeping eastern Galicia toward Tarnopol. Tarnopol ablaze as Russians retreat and destroy warehouses. Berlin notes thousands of prisoners captured. grain harvests threatened by fires and retreat. Frontline fighting continues north to the Baltic with Russian rear guards delaying Teutonic advance.
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London
Leopold of Bavaria
Galicia
Tarnopol
Moscow
Napoleon
Berlin
Baltic
Texas Board Fixes Highest Tax Rate in History
Austin, Texas on July 25 reports the state will set a total tax rate of sixty cents per $100 valuation for the new fiscal year starting September 1, 1934, marking the highest levy in Texas history as approved by the board.
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Texas
Austin
American Bluejacket Buried Abroad in Wartime Record
Paris dispatch reports Luis Reinhardt a US Navy sailor buried in France as the first American service member interred overseas during World War I. Lieutenant Commander Sayle embassy attache notes the burial at a Title village graveyard after the man went missing from his ship and was recovered days later for formal military honors.
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Washington, D. C
Paris
Luis Reinhardi
Germany
Sayle
Luis Reinhardt
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